what do u think is the vital role of rivers in ancient civilizations?

Question

all answers below explain well of the roles of rivers in ancient civilizations...thats why i leave it to the voters to choose the best answer..tnx anyway!

Answer 1

Transportation, drinking water, irrigation.
Transportation is the main role. Tiny creeks can serve as drinking water source just as well, but they are useless for transportation.

Also, it can serve as a barrier for enemies.

Answer 2

Evidently from the pages of the different history books cvilizations occured near the river. To name some; Egypt (Nile River, Mesopotamia(Iraq) Tigris-Euphrates river, Rome - Tiber river, India - Ganges River, China - Yellow River.
Therefore it is a fact that rivers had something to offer to the existence of the civilizations of the said nations.
1. Water as their main source of life.
2. Water use in making potteries, building of some architectural designs like the pyramids that will proved that they had excellent civilization.
3. Rivers are sort of transportation.
4. Some resources are found in the body of water.

Answer 3

The key that everyone has mentioned, the one primary factor that lead the earliest civilizations to arise in fertile river basins, the Tigris/Euphrates, the Nile, the Indus, is irrigation. Once agriculture entered ancient peoples lives, it allowed them to stop the nomadic hunter/gatherer small tribe mode, and begin to develop all sorts of accoutrement for civilization, architecture, art, writing, etc. But, in order for agriculture to really..."take root"...there had to be a completely reliable water table that is really only provided by large river basins. These basins provide not only the water, but also silt from the headwaters of the rivers which make for fertile soils.

Answer 4

Rivers were used for transportation and shipping purposes. Many dwellings were built near a river because of food from fish that lived in the river and for the use of goods coming up and down the river.

Answer 5

there is is not any different than, The amazon became into had to the form of commerce, commerce, civilizations on the South American Continent. Tigris and Euphrates are 2 rivers and you forgot the Yangtze, the Volga, The Danube, The Rhine

Answer 6

Ancient civilizations were generally built on river banks.

Answer 7

well the source of life well water for one a source of food and travel a way to keep clean and to make trade between peoples and other settlements i believe rivers played a very impotant part in our advanceing and culture intermingling and way of life in ancient civilazation it made cultures thrive and become rich look and all the live that trade and fishing and thriving that became of just the cultures around the Nile and thats just one river

Answer 8

Depends on level of spiritual evolution-a form of communication or appreciation of beauty. Prior or after a fall from that, the normal role of a river: fishing, washing, travel etc.

Answer 9

Drinking water, irrigation and Water Commerce for trade with other settlements

Answer 10

To provide water to settlements.